Windsor, UK - 9th April 2024
MyPlus are delighted to be sponsoring 2-person rowing team ‘2Stroke’ who will be rowing the Atlantic as part of the Atlantic Challenge race in December 2024 to raise awareness and money for Dementia UK and Prostate Cancer UK.
2 Stroke’s aim is to raise £200,000 for the charities, with Karl Austen and Ed Shaw rowing approximately 3000 miles unassisted in a Ranock R25 rowing vessel across the Atlantic Ocean from La Gomera in the Canary Islands to Antigua. Karl and Ed will take turns on the oars, 2 hours on and 2 hours off, carrying everything they need for up to 2 months at sea in what will be the ultimate test of physical and mental endurance.
Organised by Atlantic Campaigns the Atlantic race is known as ‘The World’s Toughest Row’ and sees teams of 1 to 5 members from across the globe enter to test themselves against mother nature and compete to row the 3000 miles. View the Atlantic Campaigns video.
The 2 charities, Dementia UK and Prostate Cancer UK that 2Stroke are supporting have been chosen because of family members suffering from these conditions. Every 3 minutes a person is diagnosed with Dementia and Prostate Cancer is the 2nd most common cause of cancer death in males in the UK.
Their fund-raising page is https://2stroke.team/donate/
Helen Cooke CEO & Founder of MyPlus said “I am delighted for MyPlus to be sponsoring 2Stroke. Not only is the race very personal to us with Karl being the husband of one of our employees, Lise Austen, there is also a lot of synergy in what they are doing with MyPlus. The race requires determination, mental strength and self belief and one of the reasons Karl and Ed are doing it is to show their respective children that you can do anything you put your mind to, much like how we help build the confidence and raise the career aspirations of disabled people.”
For further information about 2Stroke and to follow their journey visit https://2stroke.team/
About MyPlus
Our vision is to ensure that having a disability or long-term health condition doesn't prevent anyone from having the career they want to have. We want disabled individuals to realise their career ambitions and employers to benefit from the unique talents and strengths that disabled individuals can, and do, bring to an organisation. MyPlus provides progressive employers and disabled students with the confidence, insight and support they need to realise new possibilities.
For more information, contact:
Lise Austen, MyPlus PR Manager
lise@myplusconsulting.com
